CVE-2026-73067
Medium
Description
Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. Prior to 5.5.3, a crafted .traineddata model loaded through TessBaseAPI::Init can cause SquishedDawg::read_squished_dawg in src/dict/dawg.cpp to accept an unterminated forward-edge run, after which SquishedDawg::Load calls num_forward_edges(0) and last_edge in src/dict/dawg.h reads beyond edges_, causing a heap out-of-bounds read and process crash before image processing. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.3.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductTesseract
PublishedAug 11, 2026
First seenAug 11, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-125Out-of-bounds read
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| tesseract-ocr tesseract | < 5.5.3 | — |
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